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Meaning of 'stria' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stria [ n.]
- A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striae, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striae on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
- A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like.

Meaning of 'stria' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stria [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
Example in sentence:
  • chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands;
  • the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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